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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mudguard
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bullets were passing quite close overhead, and one ricocheted off a front mudguard.
▪ He noticed the blood on the mudguard of Mr Browning's Renault 25 the day after his arrival.
▪ No, it was Fly-Mo, the fastest thing on two mudguards.
▪ On the exhaust side, stainless steel piping was run to a large lorry exhaust on one mudguard.
▪ The chassis and car body were stripped to bare metal, mudguards re-made, and woodwork repaired.
▪ The girl's bike has the same specification as the boy's but comes with mudguards and a carrier at the back.
▪ The one minor gripe I have is that the Pioneer doesn't have mudguards.
▪ With virtually no rear mudguard, everything around the rear end gets covered in grime in minutes.
Wiktionary
mudguard

n. a cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being project#Verb.

WordNet
mudguard

n. a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels [syn: splash guard, splash-guard]

Usage examples of "mudguard".

The rear wheels locked and went into a fierce sideways skid, and then, with a marvellous crunch of mudguards and metal, we went crashing into the hedge.

O ye unshaven angels of peace, spread your wings, bestir your battered mudguards and settle in places like this: Pluto Mine, between Schalke and Wanne.

It had been stripped of heater and mudguards and floor mats and all but the legal minimum of lights, but at least it was in sound running condition and the trailer was in good shape.

Draped over the bonnet and across the wide mudguards lay the bleeding carcasses of the antelopes.

It was a vast, battered estate car, with rusting mudguards and peeling paint, and mud caked on the hubs of the wheels.

It was a dark-green grocer's van, tall and squared, with smart black mudguards and a newly washed look.